After Eshan Juman , former councilor of the municipality of Port- Louis, who has been the victim of an abuse of Rs 1.6 million from his account , it was the turn of a businessman living Chamouny to the costs of hacker crime. Two payments totaling Rs 3.3 million were diverted to the account that has the Mauritius Post and Cooperative Bank ( MPCB ) to Beijing.
If the bank has not paid him the money , it has , however, grant a loan until they do . This is what emerges from a meeting that took place between MPCB and businessman. The owner of an import-export company says he was in China from 2 to June 25 in order to initiate steps to business.
Upon his return to Mauritius on June 26 , the bank informed that Rs 3.3 million was transferred from his account.
By connecting to the Internet he found that there had indeed been an intrusion on his bank account as well as their mailbox . "The bank told me that two transfers were made or USD 47,000 and USD 56,000 in Beijing. Checking my emails , I found that the sent items were deleted and I was a victim of embezzlement of Rs 3.3 million , "protested this Chamouny capita in the South. He immediately made a statement to the Central Criminal Investigation Department ( CCID ) and asked the bank to freeze the account. No arrests have been made so far. "I have sent several letters to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Commissioner of Police but nothing was done. " Contacted by express , the head of the MPCB said encouraging customers to preserve their bank codes .
He stressed that there are procedures " if the customer uses Internet Banking , SMS Banking to , transaction by fax or email as it must account sign an indemnity before making account transfers ." And to clarify : " The bank can not detect whether there has been hacking since returned to the customer to ensure safety. "